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The Literature
- No Pity- People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement was written by Joseph P. Shapiro in 1993. No Pity
- The Independent Living Service Model - Historical Roots, Core Elements and Current Practice was prepared by Mary Ann Lachat in 1988 and edited again in 2002. This publication traces the IL Movement from concept to implementation in detail. disc_edit_il_philosophy_1final_copy.pdf
- The Independent Living Movement: Its Roots and Origin is a slide presentation prepared by Paul Spooner, Jini Fairley and Stephanie Poitras of the MetroWest Center for Independent Living. cross-training_curriculum_and_independent_living_basic.pdf
- The Challenge of Middle Age for the Independent Living Movement by Gerben DeJong was written around 1988 - 10 years after the passage of important Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act. These amendments included Title VII which supplied grants to Independent Living Centers. dejong.pdf
- Consumer Control in Independent Living was prepared in 1988, and examines the principle of Consumer Control and how this principle is actualized in policy and practice. discconsumer_control_in_independent_living_manualedited.pdf
- A Philosophical Foundation for the Independent Living and Disability Rights Movements by Peg Nosek, Yayoi Narita, Yoshiko Dart and Justin Dart was written in 1982 argues that the movement requires a basic shift in society which starts with each individual. general_philosophicalfoundation3.pdf
- The Movement for Independent Living: A Brief History by Margaret Shreve was written around 1982. il_paradigm.pdf
- The Independent Living Movement: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going is the participants' manual from a national teleconference and webcast event in 2004. The manual is a collection of important writings about the history, philosophy and implementation of the IL Movement. ilmovement.pdf
- Freedom of Movement - Independent Living History and Philosophy is written by Steve Brown of the Institute of Disability Culture in 2000. Mr. Brown has provided a well-researched history and articulate view of the IL Movement freedom_movement.pdf.
- Understanding & Accommodating People with Multiple Chemical Sensitiviy in Independent Living by Pamela Reed Gibson, PhD. (James Madison University) was published in 2002. mcs.pdf
- Independent Living and Traditional Paradigms by Gerben DeJong in 1978 is a chart highlighting and clarifying the difference between the traditional medical model and the independent living paradigm. independent_living_and_traditional_paradigms.pdf
- An Evaluation of the Disability Experience by the Life Without Limits Project was written around 2006. This writing shows that while much progress has been made, there is still much to be done. The authors provide some ideas for how to achieve more. Be aware that this document is large, and may take awhile to load. stateofdisability.pdf
- The Concept of Independent Living - A New Perspective in Rehabilitation by Ingolf Österwitz was written in 1994. This document studies what independent living means. the_concept_of_independent_living.pdf
- A Little History Worth Knowing by Timothy M. Cook is a classic. timcook1.pdf
- Tim Cook, 38, Ex-Civil Rights Aide Who Set Off Storm is a brief biography and obituary written in 1991 by Frank J. Prial. timcook2.pdf
- The Reverend Wade Blank, 1940-1993 is a tribute to Wade Blank written by Justin Dart in 1993. wblank.pdf
- Wade Blank's Liberated Community by Laura Hershey is abridged from The Ragged Edge shortly after Wade Blank's death in 1993. wblank1.pdf